Apart from Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, what are the four wonderful books in ancient China?

China said that there are ghosts since ancient times. Some simple stories have become more bizarre after being processed by later generations, and these stories have also been compiled into the anthology. Do you know which of the four ancient mystery novels in China is?

The Classic of Mountains and Seas

Shan Hai Jing records the investigation records of ancient wizards and literati, with a wide range of contents. It is generally believed that the recorded contents mainly include ancient myths, geography, products, witchcraft, religion, ancient history, medicine, folk customs and nationalities. Some scholars believe that Shan Hai Jing is not only a fairy tale book, but also an ancient geography book, including foreign mountains, birds and animals. Eighteen volumes of Shan Hai Jing, five volumes of Mountain Scenery, eight volumes of Hai Jing, four volumes of Huang Da Jing and one volume of Hai Nei Jing, about 3 1000 words. This book has been tampered with many times. Although there are some exaggerated elements, it still has certain reference value.

Fairy story

Gan Bao's History of the Eastern Jin Dynasty is a collection of novels that records the fantasy stories of ancient folk stories, mainly describing the fantasy stories with strong ancient folk fantasy colors, and retaining a considerable number of historical myths and legends handed down from the Western Han Dynasty and folk stories of Wei and Jin Dynasties, which is beautiful and moving and deeply loved by the people. There are three main forms of "seeking God", namely, immortals, monsters and ghosts, but there are also some plots of Buddhism and Taoism. Most of them are short and pithy, with simple plots, fantastic imagination and full of romanticism. In addition, he also performed several other fantasy novels, which had a far-reaching impact on later generations. So far, many fantasy movies and TV series have chosen to find the story of God.

The title of Pu Songling's Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio in Qing Dynasty

Liaozhai is a short story in classical Chinese written by Pu Songling, a famous writer in China in the Qing Dynasty, also called The Legend of Ghost Fox. This ghost novel strongly criticized the corruption and darkness of the society at that time by talking about foxes and ghosts, exposed social contradictions to a certain extent and expressed people's voices. There are 49 1 short stories in this book, which are rich in content, wide in subject matter and outstanding in artistic achievements. These works have successfully created many artistic models, with vivid characters, exquisite story content, bizarre plot twists and turns, exquisite structural layout and concise description, which can be called the pinnacle of China's classical short stories.

Romance of the gods

The author of this novel is Lu Xixing, a Taoist priest in the Ming Dynasty. According to legend, it was written by Xu. This original work can be traced back to Bai Hua, Wang Wufa, The Romance of Shang and Zhou Dynasties and Journey to the East of the Eight Immortals in Kunlun in the Southern Song Dynasty, and then adapted into an ancient magical fairy tale with reference to ancient books and folklore. This book mainly tells the history of Jiang Ziya's crusade against the Shang and Zhou Dynasties with the help of Zhou Wenwang and Zhou Wuwang, and tells the story of how the gods fought wits and fought bravely to defeat the generals. It contains a large number of folklore and myths, such as Jiang Ziya, Nezha, Yang Jian and other myths, from which vivid characters come. Finally, Jiang Ziya made the gods king, and Zhou Wuwang became a vassal.